David walker



n. WALKER.

Blotter.

No. 77,783. I Patented May 12,1868.

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Letters Patent No. 77,783, dated May 1%, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLOTTBRS. 4

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY .ooncnmm Be it known that I, DAVII WALKER, of thecity of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey,'havemndean improvement upon my already-patented Blotter; and I do herebydeclnre'the following to be a. full and exact description of the same,reference being had herein to the drawings that accompany. thisspecification, makingpart of the same.

My improvement consists in the addition of a. detached strip of metal,or other snbstanee snfiiciently hard, constructed and adapted to use asa ruler andns spaper-cutter, held to the edge by the same springs asconfine the blotting-paper 'to the holder.

In the drawings-.-

Figure l is the patented blotter with the additional edging.

Figure is an end view of the same. I

Fight; 3, the strip. v

A strip of thin me ta.l,.or of any other substance sufliciently hard forthe purpose, fig. 3, a, is shaped to fit close to the lengthwise edge ofthe blotter-holder, and is'pl aced between the spring 6 and theblotting-paper, bothpaper and strip being thereby confined to theholder.

The lower edge of a projects s'ufliciently to be a. convenient ruler,and also is a cutter or stripper for the paper, when, by a slight turnof the hand, the edge is pressed down on the paper.

What I claim as an improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The thin strip of metal or hard suhetdnce a, constructed, adapted,a'ndattached to the blotter, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

DAVID WALKER. Witnesses:

W. M. Goon'me, SIDNEY U. Ebwssns.

